paroikoi
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2014
- Location
- Jonesboro, AR, USA
Hello all. I recently bought a used Monarch 12CK lathe and was given a second 12CK in much worse shape. From everything I've read online, the 12CK should have an MT3 taper in the tailstock. The free 12CK I got has this. However, the one I bought has what looks to be an MT4 taper. I assumed that maybe the buyer (IBM in this case), had reamed out the original MT3 taper to MT4. However, I noticed that the "nose" on the MT4 tailstock is about an inch longer than the MT3 tailstock. Does this look original to all of you? Could someone have taken an MT4 tailstock from a larger Monarch and modified it to fit this lathe? I seem to have read that the 16" Monarchs were the smallest to come with an MT4 tailstock. This tailstock looks virtually identical to a regular 12CK MT3 tailstock. I took photos of both tailstocks and will provide comparisons. In each pair of photos, the first is from the MT4 tailstock.
I called Monarch today to ask if they could look up the lathe and tell me if it came with a nonstandard tailstock. They looked it up and said it was only noted to have come with a Jacobs chuck, tool post, taper attachment and steady rest (long gone). No mention of anything special about the tailstock...
Thanks,
Josh
I called Monarch today to ask if they could look up the lathe and tell me if it came with a nonstandard tailstock. They looked it up and said it was only noted to have come with a Jacobs chuck, tool post, taper attachment and steady rest (long gone). No mention of anything special about the tailstock...
Thanks,
Josh